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ADV Films Plans Return after Hurricane Ike Tomorrow

posted on 2008-09-16 18:30 EDT

Power still unavailable much of Houston/Galveston metropolitan area

Update:ADV Films Senior Vice-President of Sales Mike Bailiff has told the Paradox Entertainment Group that his company's staffers are planning to return to their offices and turn equipment back on tomorrow, now that Hurricane Ike has left Texas. However, much of the Houston/Galveston metropolitan area is still without power, particularly in the low-lying neighborhoods closer to the coast of the Gulf of Mexico. (ADV Films' headquarters is about 50 miles or 80 kilometers inland.)

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